New Lawyers

With a handful of exceptions, rarely do new law graduates waltz into a general counsel job. Making careful decisions now,
however, could create an opportunity to move from a law firm to a corporate law position.

The Indiana Lawyer congratulates the individuals listed below on passing the February 2012 bar exam. Many of these
young and aspiring lawyers, along with several who passed the bar exam in July 2011, participated in the Indiana Supreme Court
Admission Ceremony held May 14, 2012, in Indianapolis.

In April, a Missouri attorney filed an eight-page motion seeking clarification of the opposing counsel’s pleading. Attorney
Richard D. Crites criticized his opponent’s grammar, use of apostrophes, and lack of detail, writing in his motion that
the pleading “is the worst example of pleading that Defendant’s attorney has ever witnessed or read.”

In June, the National Association for Law Placement released key findings stating 2010 was the worst job market for law school
graduates since the mid-1990s. For graduates whose employment was known, only 68.4 percent obtained jobs that required bar
passage – the lowest number in that category since NALP began collecting data on law graduates in the early 1980s.